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90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« on: January 06, 2013, 04:56:41 PM »




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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2013, 05:34:04 PM »
both of them are pathetic losers... smith machine is the most useless thing in the gym
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2013, 06:59:55 PM »
Quote from: WOOO on January 06, 2013, 05:34:04 PM
both of them are pathetic losers... smith machine is the most useless thing in the gym

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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2013, 07:09:22 PM »
Quote from: WOOO on January 06, 2013, 05:34:04 PM
both of them are pathetic losers... smith machine is the most useless thing in the gym

theres no proof of that
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2013, 07:12:16 PM »
Quote from: BILL ANVIL on January 06, 2013, 07:09:22 PM
theres no proof of that


what constitutes 'proof' is debatable...

lots of people share my opinion

http://www.livestrong.com/article/547004-a-closer-look-at-the-smith-machine/
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2013, 07:29:22 PM »
Quote from: WOOO on January 06, 2013, 07:12:16 PM

what constitutes 'proof' is debatable...

lots of people share my opinion

http://www.livestrong.com/article/547004-a-closer-look-at-the-smith-machine/

everything must be backed by scientific fact on this site you know this, so keep trying.
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2013, 07:33:13 PM »
Smith Machine is kind of good to use on reverse grip decline bench for triceps.  Other than that I have no idea what it's for. 
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2013, 08:33:41 PM »
I normally don't agree with Woo on much, but he's right on this one. A lot people on here also agree with the way that nerd was doing a partial bench.
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2013, 08:50:42 PM »
smith machine has its uses but free wight is vastly superior,
a lot of guys abuse smith for ego purposes
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2013, 08:52:11 PM »
Quote from: Coach is Back! on January 06, 2013, 08:33:41 PM
I normally don't agree with Woo on much, but he's right on this one. A lot people on here also agree with the way that nerd was doing a partial bench.

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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2013, 02:48:11 AM »
Smith machine is OK for a few things (seated press behind neck) but not for benching or squatting...
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2013, 02:53:40 AM »
Quote from: WOOO on January 06, 2013, 07:12:16 PM

what constitutes 'proof' is debatable...

lots of people share my opinion

http://www.livestrong.com/article/547004-a-closer-look-at-the-smith-machine/
And Ruhl swore by the Smith machine, coincidently, he tore his pec on the Smith Machine.
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2013, 03:47:54 AM »
Quote from: Coach is Back! on January 06, 2013, 08:33:41 PM
I normally don't agree with Woo on much, but he's right on this one. A lot people on here also agree with the way that nerd was doing a partial bench.

proof: when wooo and coach agree
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2013, 04:18:53 AM »
Quote from: Parker on January 07, 2013, 02:53:40 AM
And Ruhl swore by the Smith machine, coincidently, he tore his pec on the Smith Machine.

Rhuls training is a joke
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2013, 04:30:22 AM »
Smith Machine is great! Benches Inclines Squats Shrugs! If you have been training for years it is especially good, don't need to develop all the stabilizer muscles you need when you are starting out!
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2013, 06:23:25 AM »
Quote from: Ronnie Rep on January 07, 2013, 04:30:22 AM
Smith Machine is great! Benches Inclines Squats Shrugs! If you have been training for years it is especially good, don't need to develop all the stabilizer muscles you need when you are starting out!

Just because you can do a variety of exercises on them - it doesn't make them great.   That's not a justification.  Urine is a liquid, therefore I can drink it.  That doesn't mean it's a good drink.

Smith machines are great in that if you have been training for years and you're now lazy as fuck (or deluded by steroids that you're doing an effective workout), you can "retire" in the gym by loading up weight on a fixed track and convince yourself into thinking that it's just as good as free weights - which it isn't.  Meanwhile - those of us who haven't given up improving (efficiently) continue to man up.

It is the implicit truth that doing free weight bench will increase your smith bench - but it is far from necessarily true that doing smith bench will increase your free weight bench.  If you don't care, fair enough.  Just don't try to claim that it is "as good" as free weights.   

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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2013, 06:47:28 AM »
I use it for inclines presses.  It's not a mainstay of my chest workouts, but it's a good tool for when my shoulders aren't feeling up to par.  I can concentrate on pressing and it keeps you in the groove.  Also, it's great if you don't have a spotter... you can go to failure and easily rack it yourself.  
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2013, 06:49:53 AM »
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2013, 06:58:43 AM »
Quote from: rocket on January 07, 2013, 06:23:25 AM
Just because you can do a variety of exercises on them - it doesn't make them great.   That's not a justification.  Urine is a liquid, therefore I can drink it.  That doesn't mean it's a good drink.

Smith machines are great in that if you have been training for years and you're now lazy as fuck (or deluded by steroids that you're doing an effective workout), you can "retire" in the gym by loading up weight on a fixed track and convince yourself into thinking that it's just as good as free weights - which it isn't.  Meanwhile - those of us who haven't given up improving (efficiently) continue to man up.

It is the implicit truth that doing free weight bench will increase your smith bench - but it is far from necessarily true that doing smith bench will increase your free weight bench.  If you don't care, fair enough.  Just don't try to claim that it is "as good" as free weights.  


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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2013, 07:06:23 AM »
"Stabilizer muscles" oh brother
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2013, 01:21:09 PM »
Quote from: galeniko on January 07, 2013, 07:16:59 AM
yeah,ill admit, i use the smith machines bc ive gotten lazy after years of training and have no further ambitions than to keep what i have now.

the free weight stuff is for the guys who arent there yet. :D

i dont think the muscle knows whether its contracted by using smith machine or fee weight anyway.


however, i wouldnt ever go as lazy and resort to cable machine only training, that is really for absolute newcomers or when one is sick.



doesnt matter where an individual is free
for me personally the appeal of lifting is telling myself im never there...
but yes the smith has it uses where a lot of guys go wrong is they substitue it for free weights.. becuse they can pile on weight and try to look impressive...or pretend they are moving massive weight
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2013, 01:49:40 PM »
you can mock any training style

powerlifting style, lol ego lifters who look like shit and think anybody should care about poundages

bodybuilding style, lol ego maniacs who pump and pose in front of a mirror with no athletic abilities

olympic weightlifting style, lol bunch of delusional fools with tights and heels think they are athletes and "explosive" and all that

cross fit style, lol bunch of morons with shit form at everything

etc

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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2013, 01:54:37 PM »
What is sad is I have seen this many times in the gym.

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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2013, 01:56:51 PM »
I think the smith is just another tool in the gym.
Quote from: WOOO on January 06, 2013, 05:34:04 PM
both of them are pathetic losers... smith machine is the most useless thing in the gym
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Re: 90% of guys in my gym bench like this (video)
« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2013, 01:57:00 PM »
Quote from: anabolichalo on January 07, 2013, 01:49:40 PM
you Getbiggers can mock any training style

powerlifting style, lol ego lifters who look like shit and think anybody should care about poundages

bodybuilding style, lol ego maniacs who pump and pose in front of a mirror with no athletic abilities

olympic weightlifting style, lol bunch of delusional fools with tights and heels think they are athletes and "explosive" and all that

cross fit style, lol bunch of morons with shit form at everything

etc

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